[kirklancaster]

Originally Posted by Livia

Hey Joey... actually, I'm not sure who I want to win the General Election. There isn't anyone out there who reflects my ideals.

As for engaging young people in politics, I'd get young interested in politics. into schools. Maybe politics students. When I worked for the Tories, they had Conservative Future (which used to be Young Conservatives) who would go into schools and talk to young people about voting and politics and how it works and affects them. It wasn't done from the Tory slant, their aim was to get young people thinking and discussing about politics. It was young people engaging with young people and in the areas it happened, it was successful. I don't know if other parties do this, but if they don't, they should.

I also think it's vitally important to remember that politicians are not some elite, far above us. They are public servants.

I love your posts - as you know - but I'm not convinced that including politics in the curriculum of a lot of our schools will do much good, because we already have a diverse range of subjects from Maths to Geography and English, and yet a hell of a lot of 17 year olds can't spell 'Cat' and think '4 x 4' is a car.